event · evt_kition_lc_iiia_sacred_rebuilding
Monumental rebuilding at Kition in Late Cypriot IIIA
Sacred and public architecture was rebuilt and reorganized while metalworking and exchange continued.
What is the evidence?
observation
Sacred and public architecture was rebuilt and reorganized while metalworking and exchange continued.Review and provenance
Specialist reviewer: not recorded. Review date: not recorded.
Dataset workflow: proposed. This is separate from specialist review.
Confidence describes the stated assessment; it does not certify expert approval. How review works.
Chronology
Dating intervals may describe uncertainty or phases; their width alone does not establish event duration.
1190 BCE–1050 BCE
Precision: approximate
very highPreferred display range for this event. It preserves positive BCE ordering and does not suppress narrower contexts or alternative chronology models.
- informs · provides synthesis
Cyprus During the Iron Age I Period (Late Cypriot IIC–IIIA): Settlement Pattern Crisis (LC IIC–IIIA) to the Restructuring (LC IIIB) of Its Settlement Pattern — Maria Iacovou (2014)Documents continuity and rebuilding.
Locator: Kition LC IIIA public architecture - informs · contextualizes
Kition in the Tenth to Fourth Centuries B.C. — Marguerite Yon, William A. P. Childs (1997)Connects the Late Cypriot and later urban phases.
Locator: Early Iron Age Kition sequence
Interpretation and caveats
Investment in monumental institutions indicates transformed urban continuity, not simple post-destruction impoverishment.
Event context
Classification
Event type: monumental rebuilding and sanctuary development
Evidence layer: archaeological
Timeline role: regional core
People and places
Locations: Kition-Kathari, Kition-Bamboula
Why it matters to the timeline
Directly reconstructs a Cypriot site, landscape, institution, community, or chronological transition within the primary interval.
Research notes
- Documents continuity and rebuilding. Role: provides synthesis. Locator: Kition LC IIIA public architecture.
- Connects the Late Cypriot and later urban phases. Role: contextualizes. Locator: Early Iron Age Kition sequence.
Evidence and sources
- informs · provides synthesis
Cyprus During the Iron Age I Period (Late Cypriot IIC–IIIA): Settlement Pattern Crisis (LC IIC–IIIA) to the Restructuring (LC IIIB) of Its Settlement Pattern — Maria Iacovou (2014)Documents continuity and rebuilding.
Locator: Kition LC IIIA public architecture - informs · contextualizes
Kition in the Tenth to Fourth Centuries B.C. — Marguerite Yon, William A. P. Childs (1997)Connects the Late Cypriot and later urban phases.
Locator: Early Iron Age Kition sequence
Referenced records
- Kition-Kathari · entity
- Kition-Bamboula · entity